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OXFORD SPARKS LIVE: Sampling the Earth's interior in Costa Rica
Ever wondered how a scientist got into their field of research? Now's your chance to get up close and personel with a team...
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Marie-Claire Koschowitz
I’m an evolutionary biologist and work mostly with big reptiles, like crocs, birds and dinosaurs. I’m one of those annoying...
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Ancient Mysteries in Marvellous Mud
It took over a billion years for life to transition from simple eukaryotic cells, like primitive algae, to simple animals...
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How do you grow rice faster?
Currently over three billion people depend on rice for survival, and, owing to predicted population increases and a general...
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Land, Sea and Air 1 - How mountains are made
How do we discover the origins of mountains?
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Clues 1 - Predicting volcanic eruptions
From people on the the ground to satellites in the space - how do we monitor and understand volcanos in an attempt to...
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Shedding Light on the Situation
Light is more than just light bulbs and sunshine! Researchers at the University of Oxford use different types of light to...
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Origins 2 - Origins of Earth and the Solar System
Professor Alex Halliday explains how planets form from nothing but an area of space full of dust. Tiny differences between...